Column Subtraction

Student Details
Use "Save as PDF" in the print dialog to download A4 · 100% scale · Margins: Default · Headers and footers off
Worksheet

Free printable column subtraction worksheet generator

These sheets use stacked take-away: the larger number on top, the number being subtracted beneath it, and one box per digit of the difference.

Answers stay positive unless you turn on the advanced negative option. Use that only when a child is ready to meet numbers below zero.

Ages 5–8 Kindergarten Grade 1 Column subtraction Place value

Worksheet

About

A vertical subtraction generator that sits beside Take-Away Subtraction (pictures) and Number Bonds (part–whole). Here the skill is lining up tens and ones and deciding whether a column needs to borrow. “No borrowing” is checked digit-by-digit, not guessed.

Ages 5–8 Kindergarten, Grade 1, Grade 2

Skills practiced

  • Column subtraction
  • Place value
  • Borrowing

How to Use

  1. Choose a number size (single digit through 5 digits) and a range. Start with single digits, then two-digit take-away.
  2. Pick No borrowing, Borrowing required, or Mixed. Borrowing required means every problem needs at least one regroup.
  3. Leave “Allow negative answers” off for young children. Optional: allow zero as a number or a difference of zero.
  4. Choose how many problems. Extra questions continue on the next A4 page.

Print tip: Boxes stay empty. Extra questions continue on the next A4 page. Use Default margins at 100% scale so the last row and footer stay on the same page.

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